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' Patented Mar. 24.1925.

UNITED STATES AUGUST H. '.EAPE,

F .'KENTFIELD, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM B. LARKINS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

WINDOW Enermax.

Appleman mea November ,11, 191s. smal m. sa7,sio.

To all whom it mag/rcoucern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST H. PAPE, a`

citizen of the United States, residing` at Kentiield, in the county of Marin and State of California, have invented new and luseful Improvements in lVindow Fasteners, of which the following is .a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements 1n windows, the object of the 1nven= tion being to provide a window which can.

readily be closed or opened to any extent desired, and which will also be prevented from rattling in the position in which it is left after operation thereof. l

Fig. 1 is an enlarged vertical section of a portion of a window frame showing the horizontally movable glass clamping channel member in full line released position and in dotted line clamping position; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the longitudinally slidable channel member in full line lower position and in Vdotted line raised or upper position; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the parts shown. inFig. 1 looking Afrom the inner side of the window frame; Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the operating channel member, the vertically slidable channel member being shown in its upper position; Fig. 5 is a side view, partly insection, N showing `the means for effectingvertical movements of the vertically movable chan-' nel me1nber;' Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section of a portion of a modified arrange.

ment; Fig. 7 is an enlarged broken trans- 85 'verse section of the structure shown in Fig.

6; Fig. 8 is a front elevation partly in section of the modified structure of Fig. 6.

Referring to the` drawing,-in which my improved window is shown, 2 indicates the window frame, the vertical sides 3 and 4 of which are grooved, the grooved side 3 having therein a channel iron 6 extending for the greater part of the height of the window and enveloped by a sheet 7 of cloth or felted material closely surrounding it and adapted to receive the adjacent edge of a sheet 8 of glass, thevertical sides of which can slide vertically in the grooved sides of the window frame, said sheet 8 of glass being raised vertically by well known means, such as a strap attached'to the lower portion of said sheet, or a sprocket gear and chain, the latter of which may be attached to the bottom of the sheet. The other ooved side 4, of

the window `iframe@ comme closely fitting therein al metal channel .ironv vertically slidable in said grooved` side and within the channel iron l1 is a channel iron 12 covered with cloth or felt -13 and which Areceives the othervertical edge of the Sheet 8 .of glass and which does not move vertically but'is capable of moving hori- Z'ontally within the channel iron 11k to and from the adjacent'edge of the sheet of glass. Said channel iron 12 is prevented from moving vertically while permitted to move horizontally by its being riveted, as shown at 14, to the lower portion of a springtongue 17 through a hole in the upper' portion of which extendsy a screw 18 screwed into the window frame.

To permit the channel iron 11 to move vertically in the groove 4 and at the same time to permitthe spring tongue 17 to be secured by a" screw to the window frame, the channel iron 114is formed with a central vertical slot 19 suiiiciently large to receive l the screw 18 while the channel iron 11 is indii'erent positions. This slot 19 is of greater width at its lower than at its upper portion and is made suiiiciently ,wide to receive the lower end of the tongue 17 therein and the upward motion or the channel iron 11 is regulated by the bottom of the slot striking against the bottom of 4said tongue. Said channel iron 11 is moved up or down by means of a handle 21 of a lever 22 fulcrumed, as shown at 23, upon one side of the channel iron 11, a free end of the lever belng received in a hole 24 cut in the windowv frame. Upon raising the handle the free end of the lever presses against the'bottom of said hole and raises the channel iron 11, and upon depressing the handle, a contrary motion of the channel iron 11 takes place.

- A spring plate '2'6 .of the same width as the spring tongue is interposed between said spring tongue and the channel iron 11 plate upon the channel iron 11 tends and has a hole through which the screw 18 l urlI and the channel iron 11 is formed with npperand lower holes 32 to permit the upper and lower wedges to pass therethrough and be received within upper and lower recesses 33 in the window frame. When the channel iron 11 is raised by raising the handle 21', the wedges Sloan pass through-the holes 32 in the channel iron l1 and into the recesses 33 in the window frame and the glass sheet 8 is no longer Aheld'tightly between the channel irons 12 and 6 and can be raised or .lowered as desired by any mechanism suitable tor the ui'pose, but'when the sheet 8 has been raiser or lowered to the desired position, then the channel iron 11 is depressed by depressing the handle 21, where? upon the channel iron 11 neages thethin parts of the wedges 31 and presses said wedges out of the recesses 33, thus pressing the channel iron 12 a ainstthe adjacent vertical edge of the gass sheet 8 and thus 'i clamping said glass sheet between said`channel irons 12 and 6. The upper ends et'. the

holes 32 are formed with receding lips 35 to engage the wedges 31. The spring 17 normally tends toretract the channel 12 into i the channel 11.

In the 'form of the invention shown in Figures 6, 7 and 8, the metal channel iron 12 has secured on its outer side upperand lowerracks 34 which engage pinions 36`pivoted upon shafts 38 extending through sides ofthe metallic channel 11. The channel 12 can be moved up or down by a button 41 connected with the lower end of the lower rack 34 by a neck 42 in any desired manner. As said metal channel 12 the metal channel iron 1l of the windowv frame, their upper ends abutting the middle portion of said metal channel 11', the resiliency of said springs forcing the racks outwards and into contact with said pinons. The downward movement of said racks caused by the downward pressure onl said button 41 has the effect of moving the isl 4moved longitudinally `the racks attached 1,5so,eoo

l12, so that it is no longer able to vibrate and is held firml in position. Consequently, should it e desired to raise the sheet 8 of glass, this is permitted by moving the button 41 upwardly, raising the movable channel iron 12, causin ions t0 rotate so that the narrow sides thereof are between the shafts and the racks, so that the movable channel 12 can move outwardly, which it immediately does, due to the tension of the springs 44, leaving the thereto, and the downward the pin- (itl sheet of glass loose between the channels 6 and 12. and permitting it to move vertically' into any position..

I claim 1. In a window structune, the combination with a window :trame and a wiridow slidable in grooves therein;vof a aii of channel members between the win ow` and frame receivable one within the other,4 and means whereby vertical'movement of one of the members imparts relative horizontal movement tothe members to force one of the same into clamping relation with the window. i

' 2. Means for clamping a sheet of glass slidable in euooves of a window frame,com

prising a ciannel iron movable in one of said grooves and` surrounding one of the edges of the sheet, a plurality of wedges on the hack oi said channeliron, a vertically movable channel iron surrounding the first-A l] named channel iron and having holes through which said wedges can pass, and' portionsadjacent to said holes normally engaging said wedges, the window frame bemg recessed `to receive said`` wed es, and means for. moving vertically sai second channel iron., Y

` AUGUST'H. PAPE. 

